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The Progressive Party, popularly nicknamed the Bull Moose Party, was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé turned rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.
Progressive Party (1912) 1913–1919 Bull Moose Party Progressivism [89] Merged into: Republican Party: 1912 1920 Farmer–Labor Party: 1919–1921 1923–1945 Social democracy [90] Merged into: Democratic Party: 1920 1936 Wisconsin Progressive Party: 1935–1946 Merged into: Republican Party and Democratic Party: 1934 1946 American Labor Party ...
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1912. Democratic governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican president William Howard Taft while defeating former president Theodore Roosevelt (who ran under the banner of the new Progressive/"Bull Moose" Party) and Socialist Party nominee Eugene V. Debs.
Bull Moose may refer to: Bull moose, a mature male moose; Bull Moose Party, a progressive political party active in the United States from 1912–1920; Bull Moose Music, an independent retailer and record store chain based in Portland, Maine; Bull Moose Jackson (1919–1989), an American blues and rhythm-and-blues singer; Bull Moose Township ...
Although Roosevelt was the candidate of the “Bull Moose” Progressive Party nationally, in California and South Dakota he gained the support of the state Republican Party and acquired the "Republican" line, whilst the incumbent, and national GOP nominee William Howard Taft did not appear on the ballot and was a write-in candidate.
Ohio had been a Republican state since 1856, but broke tradition due to the strong performance by the Progressive Party (also known as the Bull Moose Party) led by Theodore Roosevelt, which ultimately split the Republican vote.
To counter not receiving the Republican nomination, Roosevelt then ran for president under his own Bull-Moose Party. New Mexico is indicative of this critical split in the industrialist Republican Party, because Wilson was able to attain victory, both in the State and nationally, with about 40% of the vote, due to a split in the "Old Guard" of ...
Progressive convention, 1912 Roosevelt delivering a speech at the convention. The 1912 Progressive National Convention was held in August 1912. Angered at the renomination of President William Howard Taft over their candidate at the 1912 Republican National Convention, supporters of former President Theodore Roosevelt convened in Chicago and endorsed the formation of a national progressive party.